...and young, When heavenly Flame did animate her Clay, By future Poets shall be sung. / Westward the Course of Empire takes its Way; The four first Acts...with the Day; Time's noblest Offspring is the last.« 454 "Brief von Benjamin Franklin an Charles Wilson Peale, 4. July 1771", zitiert nach: P. Freese (ed.),...

...lured no doubt by the simplicity & romantic adventure of frontier life and exploration. "Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts...past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Times noblest offspring is the last. From Henry Brooke's "Universal Beauty," we have such titles as...

...her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its sway; The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last* During the Revolution, "A Poem on the Rising Glory of America," written by two Princeton seniors, Hugh...

...Arts and Learning in America ( 1 683): Westward the course of empire takes its way; The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last. Stevenson makes his Spenglerian point through colour, comparing mornings at home and abroad. There...

...Locke, 32 while George Berkeley declared, Westward the course of empire takes its way; The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last. 33 America came to be identified with the future - the French-born author J. Hector St John de Crevecoeur...

...Locke,32 while George Berkeley declared, Westward the course of empire takes its way; The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last.33 America came to be identified with the future - the French-born author J. Hector St John de...

...of Planting Arts and Learning in America: Westward the course of empire takes its way the first four acts already past A fifth shall close the drama with the day Time's noblest offspring is the last.2 The sheer size of the Rocky Mountain states has afforded the unique opportunity to live close...

...almost messianic vision of this new land. The poem concluded with the following stanza: Westward the Course of Empire takes its Way, The four first Acts already past. A fifth shall dose the Drama with the Day, The world 's great Effort is the last. Because of a navigation error,...

...George Berkeley (1685-1753), who wrote: Westward the course of empire takes its way; The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last. White people saw settling the West as an inevitable movement of progress and themselves as "Time's...

...her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its sway; The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last. 9 Berkeley's imagery rested on several key assumptions worthy of notice because they were shared by...